[A small laugh.] No, it's the same as becoming one here. You can just decide to.
The rookies don't usually lie about their achievements, unless they're really young and stupid, and then they would only do that to try to scare off other weaker pirates either to avoid a fight or because they weren't strong enough.
Usually the ones desperate to stand out though aren't going to lie about what they've done, just do incredibly stupid shit to stand out.
Let's say a brand new pirate crew here got together and thought that the way to gain Davy Jones favor was by standing out. How would they do that? Well, if they were as foolish as some of the crews in my world there's a few ways they could try it. Exclusively hunt down the marines, purposely target something too big for them to handle, anything that sounds like a big deal, even if it's stupid as hell, and doesn't actually accomplish anything.
As for why they want that attention, some of the young kids think the bigger the bounty from all that attention, the stronger you must be. Really it just means the more of a nuisance of yourself you are to the marines, but it's a point of pride with a lot of pirates. Still a bit silly seeing as the man with the largest bounty in the world isn't even a pirate, he's a revolutionary.
And Pops was the strongest man in the world, but marines didn't want to fight him until they cornered us. [And there's a pause in his stream of talking at that. Yeah that's a good place for him to quiet down again.]
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The rookies don't usually lie about their achievements, unless they're really young and stupid, and then they would only do that to try to scare off other weaker pirates either to avoid a fight or because they weren't strong enough.
Usually the ones desperate to stand out though aren't going to lie about what they've done, just do incredibly stupid shit to stand out.
Let's say a brand new pirate crew here got together and thought that the way to gain Davy Jones favor was by standing out. How would they do that? Well, if they were as foolish as some of the crews in my world there's a few ways they could try it. Exclusively hunt down the marines, purposely target something too big for them to handle, anything that sounds like a big deal, even if it's stupid as hell, and doesn't actually accomplish anything.
As for why they want that attention, some of the young kids think the bigger the bounty from all that attention, the stronger you must be. Really it just means the more of a nuisance of yourself you are to the marines, but it's a point of pride with a lot of pirates. Still a bit silly seeing as the man with the largest bounty in the world isn't even a pirate, he's a revolutionary.
And Pops was the strongest man in the world, but marines didn't want to fight him until they cornered us. [And there's a pause in his stream of talking at that. Yeah that's a good place for him to quiet down again.]